Cops link club attack weapons to suspect
A senior anti-terror police officer has linked weapons used in the Bella Vista Club bombing to a suspected terrorist. Simon Murage yesterday told a Mombasa court that a bag containing a pistol,...
View ArticleMombasa water vendors to protests scanty supplies
WATER vendors in Mombasa have said they expect next week's Water Supply and Sanitation Company Annual General meeting to address their problems.The Mombasa Water Kiosk Operators Association chairman...
View ArticleThe tragedy of unsafe abortions in Kenya
Passive memories of that fateful day do not torment her until she begins to recount her struggle and near death while procuring an abortion. Tabitha Achieng is sure of one thing: that she will never be...
View ArticleBritish officials kicked out of Eldoret town hotel
Three senior official from the British Embassy were yesterday kicked out of an Eldoret town hotel by the Uasin Gishu county government. The three British officials—Tom Howe, C. Sugden and another...
View ArticleEx-MP Thuo to be buried in his Samuru home today
Former Juja MP George Thuo is being buried today. Family members said Thuo will be buried at his home at Samuru village in Gatanga constituency. A family member, who refused to be named, said the...
View ArticleHague meeting debates Kenya
The Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute yesterday debated the African Union proposal to amend the Rome Statute to shield sitting heads of state from trial at the ICC. Foreign Affairs...
View ArticleBurundian nabbed with fake 1,000 notes
Acting Kitui county police boss Kioi Muchangi yesterday sounded an alarm that foreign fake money minting crooks had invaded the area. Muchangi said in the last two months, a Nigerian, Chadian and...
View ArticleTimammy reinstated as Lamu governor
LAMU County Governor Issa Timammy reclaimed his seat yesterday after the Court of Appeal quashed the High Court ruling that nullified his elections last month. The two page ruling delivered by three...
View ArticleOle Lenku shifts APs to county commissioners
Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph ole Lenku has ordered Administration Police to take orders from County Commissioners and chiefs. In a move that will tighten the central government's grip on counties,...
View ArticleIsrael seeks clarification on Palestine embassy
THE Israel government has asked Kenya for a clarification on what President Uhuru Kenyatta agreed with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas at the sidelines of the Africa Arab Summit in Kuwait this...
View ArticleAG Muigai pushes Rome Statute amendments at ICC Forum
African Union members led by Kenya and Namibia last night pushed for amendments of the Rome Statute to shield sitting Presidents from being tried at ICC arguing that this posed a great risk to peace...
View ArticleEX-MP Thuo buried at his Samuru home
Former Juja MP George Thuo has been buried today. President Uhuru Kenyatta attended the burial at Thuo’s home in Samuru village in Gatanga constituency. Thuo died on Sunday night. He was drinking with...
View ArticleCourt stops Nyaribari Chache by-election
The Court of Appeal in Kisii has temporarily halted the planned parliamentary by-election for Nyaribari Chache that was set for December 19. The court said that the by-election cannot proceed until an...
View ArticlePLOT BEGINS TO REMOVE CJ MUTUNGA
A human rights activist yesterday filed a petition before the Judicial Service Commission seeking the removal of Chief Justice Willy Mutunga. The petition is apparently part of a wider plan by judges,...
View ArticleForeign Affairs was aware of UK officials visit to Eldoret -BHC
The British High Commission has said three officials who were yesterday kicked out of an Eldoret town hotel by the Uasin Gishu government were on a routine trip to discuss partnership between the...
View ArticleCourt rejects Shollei's application for reinstatement
An application by Gladys Shollei to be reinstated as Chief Registrar of the Judiciary and stop the recruitment process for the position has been dismissed by the Industrial Court. In its ruling the...
View ArticleLove Matters: A Woman On Her Knees
It’s believed that men are the ones who should go down on one knee and propose marriage. But not so for Anita who didn’t worry about her boyfriend turning down the proposal or her friends laughing at...
View ArticleBhang found on theft victim
A 67-year-old man has been arrested for having bhang. He was arrested on Thursday as police were investigating alleged theft of his money from his house. Paul Njiru had reported to the Itabua police...
View Article'Drug peddler' in Kitui prison
A man was has been remanded at the Kitui GK prison for having bhang.Musee Muthusi denied peddling drugs and selling it to children. Resident magistrate Albert Lesotia yesterday remanded him after he...
View Article94 per cent children got polio jab in Kitui – official
Kitui medical services director Mureithi Miano has said the polio vaccine was administered to 94.4 per cent of children in the county. Speaking to the press in his office in Kitui yesterday, Miano said...
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